Woody Allen: Difference between revisions

By the mid-1960s Allen was writing and directing films, first specializing in [[slapstick]] comedies such as ''[[Take the Money and Run]]'' (1969), ''[[Bananas (film)|Bananas]]'' (1971), ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' (1973), and ''[[Love and Death]]'' (1975), before moving into dramatic material influenced by [[European art cinema]] during the late 1970s with ''[[Interiors]]'' (1978), ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' (1979) and ''[[Stardust Memories]]'' (1980), and alternating between comedies and dramas to the present. Allen is often identified as part of the [[New Hollywood]] wave of filmmakers of the mid-1960s to late 1970s such as [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Robert Altman]], and [[Sidney Lumet]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Newton |first=Michael |title=Woody Allen: cinema's great experimentalist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/13/woody-allen-michael-newton |url-status=live |quote=In the 1970s, Allen looked irreverent, hip, a part of the New Hollywood generation. In an age of 'auteurs', he was the auteur personified, the writer, director and star of his films, active in the editing, choosing the soundtrack, initiating the projects |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=January 13, 2012 |access-date=April 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180119152036/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/13/woody-allen-michael-newton |archive-date=January 19, 2018}}</ref> He often stars in his films, typically in the persona he developed as a standup. His film ''[[Annie Hall]]'' (1977), a romantic comedy featuring Allen and his frequent collaborator [[Diane Keaton]], won four Academy Awards, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for Keaton. Critics have called his work from the 1980s his most developed period. His films include ''[[Zelig]]'' (1983), ''[[Broadway Danny Rose]]'' (1984), ''[[The Purple Rose of Cairo]]'' (1985), ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]'' (1986), ''[[Radio Days]]'' (1987), ''[[Another Woman (1988 film)|Another Woman]]'' (1988), and ''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' (1989). In the 21st century many of Allen's films have been set and shot in Europe, including ''[[Match Point]]'' (2005), ''[[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]'' (2008), and ''[[Midnight in Paris]]'' (2011). Allen returned to America gaining acclaim for ''[[Blue Jasmine]]'' (2013) and ''[[Cafe Society (2016 film)|Cafe Society]]'' (2016).

 

 

Critic [[Roger Ebert]] described Allen as "a treasure of the cinema".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110524/REVIEWS/110529987 |title=''Midnight in Paris''|author-link=Roger Ebert|first=Roger|last=Ebert |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|via=RogerEbert.com |date= May 25, 2011 |access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180119151737/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/midnight-in-paris-2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Allen has received many [[List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen|accolades and honors]]. He has received the most nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]], with 16. He has won four [[Academy Awards]], one for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], and three for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]. He also garnered nine [[British Academy Film Awards]]. In 1997, Allen was awarded the [[BAFTA Fellowship]] by the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]. In 2014 he received the [[Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award]] for Lifetime Achievement and a [[Tony Award]] nomination for [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]] for ''[[Bullets Over Broadway (musical)|Bullets over Broadway]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/tonys/la-et-cm-tony-awards-2014-season-20140608-story.html|title=Woody Allen Will Be a No Show, Per Tradition|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date= March 21, 2020}}</ref> In 2015, the [[Writers Guild of America]] named his screenplay for ''Annie Hall'' first on its list of the "101 Funniest Screenplays".<ref>{{cite news |first=Dave |last=McNary |title='Annie Hall' Named Funniest Screenplay by WGA Members|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/annie-hall-funniest-screenplay-writers-guild-1201639002/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 11, 2015}}</ref> In 2011 [[PBS]] televised the film biography ''[[Woody Allen: A Documentary]]'' on its series ''[[American Masters]]''.<ref name="PBSdocumentary">{{cite AV Media |title=Woody Allen: A Documentary |url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/woody-allen-a-documentary-about-the-film/1865/ |work=[[American Masters]] |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=July 21, 2011}}</ref>